Get Your Entries In Now For The 2016 Midas List Of Tech's Top Investors

Venture capital is not a competition. At least that's what the sovery uncompetitive VCs keep telling us. Well, it's that time of year again for the world's leading venture firms and angels to earn their place on the 2016 Forbes Midas List, now entering its 15th year as the world's most definitive ranking of technology investors.

We’re two months away from publishing the ranking and it's time to submit your data. The deadline is January 31. Our colleagues in the project at TrueBridge Capital Partners set up this nifty data submission splash page where you can submit your deal data securely and learn a bit about the history and methodology behind the list. Access to the submission for requires a password. To request one, please email TrueBridge at info@truebridgecapital.com or call them at 919-442-5201. We're hoping to expand the scope of the list to include more names from Asia, Europe and biotech.

Ranking VCs is never an exact science but the methodology and robustness of the list continues to improve thanks to the ever-improving quality of data we get from VCs. The Midas ranking is based on an investor's record over the past five years of IPOs, acquisitions and upticks in private market rounds, and is weighted more toward recent exits and early-stage rounds. The big drivers of ranking continue to be exit size, number of exits and change in most recent post-money valuation, as well as a firms’ ownership percentage in the deal. Last year we received more ownership data than ever and hope to build upon this trend for the 2016 list, so we encourage VC firms to supply as your ownership stakes in startups. All information we get is kept confidential, as always. You can read more detail about our methodology here.